(Sorry if this is a bit thin for my first FP but it's really great and I wanted to share it as soon as I saw it.)posted by HostBryan at 4:45 PM on January 20, 2013 [1 favorite]

Not thin at all; thanks for not padding it. (Linguistic note: in the original, ordenar cabritos 'milking kids (goats)' is mentioned; in English it becomes "milking cows.")posted by languagehat at 5:01 PM on January 20, 2013 [3 favorites]

This is the opposite of thin. One great awesome link is worth a thousand mediocre ones. And this film is really great.posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:01 PM on January 20, 2013 [4 favorites]

This film is amazing! I love they way they handle effects. Painting the blood onto the page is so simple but so perfectly effective.posted by KeSetAffinityThread at 5:05 PM on January 20, 2013 [1 favorite]

Great. Thanks for that. Original production. Good to not reveal any more than necessary to get us to the link.

BTW: I reaslize this is a bit of derailery, but this was on the side bar:

Yet another MeFite poses semi-nude, but for an excellent cause.

http://jimhines.livejournal.com/667303.htmlposted by mule98J at 6:34 PM on January 20, 2013

That was amazing. Perfect story/setting for this "animation", too.posted by notsnot at 6:35 PM on January 20, 2013

Just when you think there's nothing new under the sun some creative person concocts a stunner like this! Thanks--this is quite a memorable inaugural post, HostBryan.posted by Anitanola at 6:52 PM on January 20, 2013

it definitely helped watching it full screen. smaller i had a hard time paying attention to what was happening inside the drawn bits, and subtitles, following mostly what was going on outside of the frame (hands/knife/etc)posted by fuzzypantalones at 7:01 PM on January 20, 2013

Excellent. I'd love to see Marvel present some of their classic super heroes in this style. Perhaps as a short preceding their feature films in Pixar fashion?posted by epo at 1:29 AM on January 21, 2013

I wonder if "I thought you were a woman" and Death's appearance are shout-outs to Neil Gaiman and Garth Ennis (and of course the respective artists who drew these characters)?posted by aeschenkarnos at 2:50 AM on January 21, 2013

I came here for teh kittehs, but found this instead!posted by Mojojojo at 3:50 AM on January 21, 2013

aeschenkarnos, it's because 'muerte,' the Spanish word for death, is a feminine noun.posted by jcrbuzz at 4:25 AM on January 21, 2013 [2 favorites]

I think a contract killer could've easily switched to the contract kidnap-and-put-in-some-horrible-tortuous-pit-for-thousands-of-years-er economy.posted by Flunkie at 10:01 AM on January 21, 2013 [1 favorite]

'muerte,' the Spanish word for death, is a feminine noun.

Minor correction: the film was in Portuguese (probably Brazilian variety, as the creator is from São Paulo), but yeah, 'death' is feminine there too.posted by benito.strauss at 11:28 AM on January 21, 2013

I really enjoy motion comics, and was very intrigued/amused by the innovative presentation here, but for some reason, the finished product didn't really work for me. I think ultimately the technique (the hand manipulating the scenes) was too distracting. I was far more interested in the technique than the story or mood, which are normally my favorite things about motion comics.posted by ShutterBun at 6:14 PM on January 21, 2013

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